3 things we learned during Georgia's 2024 legislative session

The final day of Georgia's 2024 legislative session bled into the early morning hours of Friday, March 29, 2024. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

The bills kept coming until nearly 1 a.m. 

But with papers tossed in the air and shouts of “sine die,” the Georgia General Assembly session finally came to a close.

Over the course of a 40-day session, legislators considered several hundred bills, passed some sweeping changes to Georgia law and left some big ticket items on the cutting room floor. Since Georgia’s legislature is technically a biennium which began in 2023, bills that failed to pass will need to start over next year.